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    Motion To Appoint Counsel 080913

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    Related to the petition for Post-Conviction Relief and the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the petitioner, the court is requested to appoint an attorney if an evidentiary hearing is held.

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    Related to the petition for Post-Conviction Relief and the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the petitioner, the court is requested to appoint an attorney if an evidentiary hearing is held.

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    STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

    )
    COUNTY OF DARLINGTON )
    )
    )
    ) 2012-CP-16-814
    Timothy Michael Farris, )
    )
    Applicant, )
    )
    v. )
    ) Motion for Appointment of Counsel
    State of South Carolina, )
    )
    Respondent. ) Third Request
    )
    )
    Pursuant to Rule 71.1, SCRCP, the pro se applicant respectfully requests this
    Court to appoint counsel to represent him in his post-conviction motion for relief. All the
    conditions are ripe for either an evidentiary hearing or a ruling based on pleadings,
    exhibits, and affidavits.
    The State filed its return and its counsel, Tyson Andrew Johnson, filed his
    appearance in April 2013. The applicants Motion for Summary Judgment, filed
    simultaneously with this request, presents questions of law and fact.
    If the Court schedules an evidentiary hearing, although the Applicant is fully
    conversant with the facts and law in his Motion for Summary Judgment, he cannot function
    as an attorney. He cannot hop back and forth from counsel table to witness chair. He
    cannot possibly know the what-and- when to raise objections, nor any other facet of legal
    training and experience. He would be at a great disadvantage, with an adversary such as
    the State and its representative, a trained and experienced attorney. An evidentiary hearing
    in which the Applicant stands alone against the State would be one-sided and unfair.
    -1-
    The Applicants only assistance in all these years is a non-lawyer. If the court
    decides to hold an evidentiary hearing, prompt appointment of counsel to assist the
    Applicant is mandated by statute, and it is within the discretionary authority of a judge to
    appoint counsel. See, Title 17 chapter 3, 17-3-100.
    The Supreme Court of South Carolina has said, [I]n South Carolina, if a PCR
    application presents questions of law or fact requiring a hearing, and the applicant is
    indigent, state law provides that counsel must be appointed. Richardson v. State, 377 S.C.
    103, 659 S.E.2d 493 (2008).
    The Applicant is willing to waive the evidentiary hearing, which would serve the State
    in terms of conserving resources, if the Court is willing to rule on the basis of the pleadings,
    evidence, and affidavits.
    WHEREFORE, the Applicant moves this Court to appoint counsel to represent him
    in his post-conviction relief motion, or to save the resources that would be wasted on a
    hearing and grant the Motion for Summary Judgment with prejudice.
    Respectfully submitted,
    Dated:
    Timothy Michael Farris
    7910 Hilllanby Court
    Waxhaw, North Carolina 28173
    -2-
    STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
    )
    COUNTY OF DARLINGTON )
    )
    )
    ) 2012-CP-16-814
    Timothy Michael Farris, )
    )
    Applicant, )
    ) [Proposed] ORDER on Motion for
    ) Appointment of Counsel
    )
    v. )
    )
    State of South Carolina, )
    )
    Respondent. )
    )
    )
    TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
    The matter of Applicant, Timothy Michael Farris, for this Court to appoint counsel
    to represent him in his post-conviction motion for relief, pursuant to Rule 71.1, SCRCP,
    and the Court having considered conservation of judicial resources as well as the
    pleadings and papers, hereby ORDERS the matter will not be subject to an evidentiary
    hearing but will be decided on the basis of pleadings and papers submitted by the parties.
    DATED:
    Honorable J. Michael Baxley
    Chief Administrative Judge
    Fourth Circuit
    Certificate of Service
    A true and correct copy of the Motion to Appoint Counsel was mailed to the office of
    Assistant Attorney General Tyson A. Johnson, Sr.
    Post Office Box 11549
    Columbia, SC 29211
    This day of , 2013.
    Timothy Michael Farris, Pro Se
    7910 Hilllanby Court
    Waxhaw, North Carolina 28173

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